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Prospective participants in the socialized healthcare program are encouraged to mail in paper applications or call the law’s dedicated toll-free phone number should they find themselves among the millions unable to navigate healthcare.gov. Correspondent Jonathan Karl, however, reported those options do not constitute the “quick and easy fix that the White House suggested it would be.”

Citing the internal memos, he explained the administration described the alternative enrollment outlets as a way to “buy time,” realizing the same usability issues exist no matter the method. The reason, according to a correspondence from the experts tasked with remedying the website’s problems, is that all applications must go through the same flawed computer system.

Sending an application through the mail, however, can “allow people to feel like they are moving forward,” the White House memo explains. It continues by conceding that “[a]t the end of the day, we are all stuck in the same queue.”

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As ObamaCare continues to unravel based on its unpopularity in the marketplace and the sheer ineptitude involved in its implementation, the administration must rely even more heavily on rhetoric and semantics to make its case. These internal memos, however, offer a rare glimpse into the thought process behind this campaign of disinformation.

The fact that the only solution to this growing problem is a delay tactic meant to offer only false hope should serve as a wake-up call to those who somehow still believe the administration is capable of delivering on its promises.